Minister for Police and Minister for Corrective Services the Honourable Mark Ryan MP and Aspley MP Bart Mellish joined Commissioner Ian Stewart and other emergency services today to mark the start of the Queensland Police Service’s Easter Road Safety campaign. From today until April 26, the QPS will coordinate a state-wide traffic policing operation designed to […]
Category: Updates from Queensland Police – North Brisbane
Coffee with a Cop comes to Taigum
On Tuesday April 2, members of the Gateway Crime Prevention Team alongside Crime Stoppers and Volunteers in Policing attended the inaugural Coffee with a Cop at Taigum Shopping Centre. Some great conversation was had with members of the public while enjoying a coffee or hot chocolate. Coffee with a Cop is a Queensland Police Service […]
Update 2: Hit and Run, Tarragindi
A 53-year-old man has died after being involved in a suspected hit and run incident in Tarragindi earlier this year. Around 4am on February 18, the man was jogging along Strathfield Street when it is believed he was struck by a vehicle. He sustained critical head injuries and was transported to Princess Alexandra Hospital where […]
Armed robbery charges, Apsley
A woman has been charged after an ice-cream store was robbed in Aspley this evening. At 6.20pm, a woman entered the store on Gympie Road and police will allege that she produced a knife and made demands for cash. Staff have complied and handed her a sum of cash before she fled the scene on […]
Rideables – brush up on the rules
Over the past few months you would have noticed a steady rise in the number of people taking advantage of personal mobility devices such as e-scooters. While rideables make it easier to travel around the Brisbane CBD and surrounding suburbs, it is important to remember that you must comply with Queensland Government rules when using […]
Armed robbery, Bowen Hills
Police are investigating a robbery at a supermarket in Bowen Hills. Just before 7am on Saturday, March 30 a man entered the Breakfast Creek Road store in possession of a large sports bag approached a staff member and demanded cash, threatening that he had a weapon in the bag. The man fled on foot towards […]
Fraud investigation, Line Dancing Events
Police investigating a series of fraud complaints across Queensland relating to line dancing events, have released an image of a man who may be able to assist with inquiries. It is believed the 37-year-old man may have information to help solve fraud offences totalling more than $120,000 with trips organised via a line dancing travel […]
Strangulation and assault offences, Kallangur
Police have charged a man with seven offences including strangulation, assault occasioning bodily harm and serious assault police after officers responded to a triple zero (000) call at a Kallangur home last night (Friday, March 29). Police attended the home around 10.05pm where they located a woman in her 20s with facial injuries following an […]
Operation Romeo Overture, Fortitude Valley
Police have conducted an operation in Brisbane overnight targeting unsafe use of electric scooters in the Fortitude Valley and Brisbane City Divisions. Last night, Operation Romeo Overture ran using 30 officers from Fortitude Valley, Brisbane City and Mt Gravatt targeting people using electric scooters in an unsafe manner. In particular, the operation focused on offences […]
Armed robbery, Nundah
Police have charged a man following an armed robbery in Nundah this afternoon. Officers were called to a hairdressing salon on Sandgate Road at 1.40pm after a man entered the business and produced a knife. He demanded money and pushed a female employee into a shelf before stealing a sum of cash from the till […]